Donald

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Polish

Meaning

Donald is a Scottish masculine given name. It is derived from the Gaelic name Dรฒmhnall. This comes from the Proto-Celtic *Dumno-ualos. The final -d in Donald is partly derived from a misinterpretation of the Gaelic pronunciation by English speakers.

From Wikipedia

Donald first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 54 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1961 with 52 babies (rank #252 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Donald

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Donald yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

962
Total babies (all years)
54
Years in the data
52
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
195527#291
195635#264
195723#340
195831#294
195948#247
196048#249
196152#252
196249#256
196337#302
196450#273
196539#302
196622#402
196723#389
196824#380
196925#389
197018#473
197123#417
197219#437
197321#421
197418#452
197517#455
197624#390
197712#541
197819#436
197915#508
198014#554
198118#484
19827#730
198312#578
19847#736
198517#516
198620#496
19878#733
198817#553
198914#611
199016#588
199119#562
19927#800
199313#650
19946#879
19957#824
19966#878
19974#1,029
19984#1,041
19994#1,069
20002#1,280
20012#1,304
20022#1,291
20032#1,284
20045#982
20053#1,163
20063#1,153
20072#1,260
20082#1,236